Friday 26th October

This will be our final reflection on poetry. Please consider your response carefully.

Poetry has been around for a long time and is still a very popular form of literature. Please consider the following points. You may respond to them as individual points or as a general response.

Why do you think poetry has remained popular over centuries and many generations?

What are the most popular forms of poetry in today's society?

What role do you think poetry has to play in our lives?

What is it about poetry that appeals to people?

What sort of poetry do you enjoy most (either to read or to write)?

Think of a poem that you know about. What is it called? Who wrote it? What type of poem is it? What is it about this poem that makes it relevant and memorable to you?

Friday 19th October

Welcome back to term 4. Please remember that the blogging tasks will be a part of your semester 2 grade, so make sure that you put effort into both your posts and the comments that you make on other people's blogs.

This week we have looked at some poetry and we will continue with that work next week. Today I would like you to focus your blog post on the quotation at the top of page 6 of your handouts. This is a quote from the movie Dead Poet's society.

1) What do you think this quotation means and what makes you think that?

2) Do you agree (totally, partly, just a little, not at all) with the statement that is made? What reasoning do you have for your answer?

You collected for homework, two examples of poetry from your everyday life.

1) What are these examples?

2) What is the purpose of them being written as poetry and not as prose?